Umbrella.



RX. LOUGHERY, SR.

UMBRELLA.. APPLIUATION` FILED rs.5.19oe.

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PATENTED APR. 9, 1.907.

l IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK x. LoUGHERY, SR., oF SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.

UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 19o?.

Application ne@ February 5. 1906. serai No. 299.460.

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Be it known that I, FRANK X. LOUGHERY, Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Rosa, in the county of Sonoma and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements inUmbrellas, of which the following is a s ecification'. v

.My invention re ates to improvements in.

umbrellas, parasols, and like articles.

; tive view of a member.

tiguousto the globular end, 3,5

A represents the staff of the umbrella, having atthe up er-'end a fixed hub or support 2,

with which t Le convergent ends of the ribs 3 are connected as follows: The hub 2 is slotted or channeled at intervals around the eriphery, there being as many of these s ots or channels as there are to be ribs 3.

The ends of the ribs are madeglobular, as

shown at 4, andthe inner ends of the channels 5 have correspondingglobular concavities, into which the ends 4 are fitted and within which they are turnable.

enters the slot or channel 5 in each case, andthe rib` is thus prevented from turning. In order to readily admit andremove these connections, I have shown a slidable fiange or collar '7, Which is movable upon thehub extension, so as to be withdrawn from or approached to the hub 2. Beneath this collar is a milled screw 8, turnable upon a threaded extension of the hub 2, over Which the collar 7 fits. Y

The collar 7 is slotted coincidently with the slots in the hub 2 and has 'one half of the cavity which receives the ball 4 made in it,`

the other half being made inthe flan' e of the I 'hub 2, so that when the globular hea s of the ribs are in place the sleeve or collar is pushed up, thus inclosing the heads 4, and by screwing u the nut .8 the arts will be held-firmly toget er, while the rib3 ment of the head ends.

In order to insure'the proper al-inement of the slots in the flange of the hub and the "corresponding fange in each collar, I have Fig. 4 shows the connections between The part 6, cons will have a free moveshown the meeting faces of the two parts as having coincident engaging notches or projections of any suitable description, as shown at 9, and it will be readily seen that When theywill bring the slots 5 in the upper and lower parts in alinement, so as to receive and guide the rib ends. Tien. the nutbeing screwed up Will lock 'them and prevent any slippage. t

The slidable hub 10 is similarly constructed to the one fixed at the head of the staff'and .is movable upon thel staffin the usual manner. I -The inner ends of the spreaders 11 are made withv globular heads in like manner with the upper ends of the ribs, and these ends of the spreaders are engaged with theA slidable hub or ferrule 10 in a similar manner, operating in all ously, described. A

. The outer ends of the spreaders 11 are connected with the ribs'3 as followsf'The ribs are of the usual grooved or channel metal, and at the point where the s readers are to -connect With thema solid plece'of metal is preferably brazed or-otherwise fixed in the` channel of the rib, as shown at 12. The ends of the spreaders 11 are slightly reduced and' -bent 'into hook form, as shown atl 13, and

pass through holes made transversely through the rib or the fillin may project inward purpose. o

It Wi ll be seen that this construction the y from the rib for this respects like that previ- -piece 12, which piece 'these teeth or notches are properly-engaged roperly outer surface ofthe rib perfectly smooth,

having no projection or roughness to wear and destroy the covering of the umbrella, and the 'umbrella `may be made Without the usual'attachments which are fixed to theribs for the connection of the spreaders, and whichl attachments projecting .as they do, 'serve to rapidly wear the.umb1ella. I

It will be seen thatall these parts .of the away the covering material of IOO umbrella may be disengaged and dismounted with very little trouble. Having thus described my invention, What I claim,` and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. In an umbrella, the combination of a hub fixed to the umbrella-staff, a' hub. slidable on said staff, said upper hub havinlgda circumferential row f soc ets, and said s lable hub having a slotted and lobularlyacollar .slidab e on said chambered flange,

slidable hub and having a corresponding sloti ted flange and sockets in said flange ,ribs having heads fitting the sockets ofl the fired hub, spreaders having' lobular heads fitting the sockets of the slida le hub, said spreaders being flattened contiguous to the heads t whereby the spreaders vare .guided and turnable in the slots of the flanges.

2. In an umbrella, the combination with a hub slidable upon the umbrella-staff said hub' havin a circumferential row of sockets, and

sprea ers having globular heads fitting sa-id.

tosaid heads flattened whereby the ribs are guided and turnable in theslots of the flanges,

and a nut threaded in the lower end of' the fixed hub and bearing up under the collar which surrounds said hub.

3. In anumbrella, a hubXed to the head of the umbrella-stai?, a similar hubl slidable on said staff, each having slotted and globu- `larly-,chalnb ered flanges, collars slidable upon the hubs and having. corresponding slotted flanges and sockets in said flanges, ribs having globular. heads fitting the sockets and flattened contiguous portions guided and turnable in the slots, vcorrugated edges formed upon the contiguous flanges and adapted to engage when the lslots of the two are in line,Y

and a threaded nut whereby the parts are locked in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK X. LOUGHERY, SR. Titnesses S. H. Nounsn,A D. B. RICHARDS. 

